It’s The Malt! 2026

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🌾 IT’S THE MALT is BACK! 🌾

Join us Saturday, September 19th at Admiral Maltings in Alameda for the third IT’S THE MALT Festival, our annual celebration of malt’s central role in beer and whiskey and everything it takes to get it from grain to glass.

New this year will be our Festbier Station pouring a variety of beers you’d find at the original celebration in Munich but with a homegrown twist. These beers will range from hefty Pale Lagers to classic amber-colored Marzens, all crafted with California-grown and locally-malted grains.

 

Expect: 

🍺 Unlimited tastings of over 30 beers including our new Festbier Station, 2 Cask Ales, and a gravity poured “stichfass” keg welcome beer

🥃 A carefully curated Single Malt Whiskey flight

🎧 DJ Kula Baker on the sound system

🎸 Live music from: Amp Melo

🛍️ A local Vendor Village featuring:

Pop up record store with 1-2-3-4 Go! Records with Steve DJing in the malthouse

Pop up book store with Pleasure Reading Books

Pop up vintage clothing store with Treal Icons

🎤 Two live panel discussions:
Crafting Festbiers with Admiral Malt – live sensory demo and discussion with our own Kim Sturdavant
The Art and Practice of an American Single Malt Whiskey Collaboration: a discussion with our neighbors, St. George Spirits distillers Lance Winters and Dave Smith.

🍺👨‍🔬 Live homebrewing demo with Dahoam1516

🍔🔥 Smash burgers, pulled pork sandos, hotlinks, beyond brats and more cooked up by The Rake

✨👀 A peak behind the scenes of our malt house operations

🚜 🌾👷‍♀️Farmers, maltsters, brewers, and distillers on hand to talk all things malt

 

Brewery list:

Almanac – Meet Me in Munich, Black Lager 

Alvarado Street – Prince of Dunkelness, Munich Style Dunkel Lager

Barebottle – Vanilla is a Flavor, Nitro Vanilla Stout

Bartlett Hall – Ruby Shine, English Dark Mild with Rye (collaboration with Admiral) 

Brewing with Brothas – Nectar of the Pharaohs, Hazy IPA 

Brix Factory – Head in the Clouds, Hazy IPA (collaboration with Almanac)

Canyon Club – 21 Hophen Straße, Vienna Lager (collaboration with Admiral)

Cellarmaker – Festbier, Festbier Lager (collaboration with Admiral) 

Discretion – Accordion Man, Festbier Lager

DTSJ – Dee Lite, 100% Wheat Lager

Dunloe – Two Birds Stoned, Mixed Culture Barrel Aged Sour

East Brother – Bo Pils, Bohemian-style Pilsner

Enterprise- Copper Ale, Copper Ale

Fathers – Full Lager, Pale Lager

Foxtale Fermentation Project – King Dragon, Sour Ale w/ Ume, Purple Shiso, and Salt 

Geisthaus – Pariah, German-style Pils

Hanabi – Hanna Pils, Pilsner-style lager

Headlands – Festbier, Marzen lager

Hidden Splendor Beer – Goin’ Home, ESB (on cask) & Just a Dream, Extra Pale Ale (on cask)

Highland Park – Festbier, Festbier lager

Half Moon Bay – Saison, Saison

Hop Dogma – ESB, ESB

Laughing Monk – Sunday Best, West Coast IPA

Moonraker – El Tigre Loco, Mexican Lager

Niteglow – H12 Audacia, Pale Ale

Pizza Port – It’s The Marzen, Marzen lager

Pond Farm – Festbier, Festbier lager

Pure Project – Harmony, Helles lager

Smog City – No Malt. No Beer – English-style Pale Ale 

Standard Deviant – Hop On MUNI, West Coast IPA

Sugoi – Hito Hana, Kellerbier lager

Temescal – Wet Hop Scenic Route, Fresh Hop IPA

Western Flyer – Hana, Helles lager

 

Distillery List:

Redwood Empire Whiskey – Foggy Burl

117 West Spirits – Yolo Gold Wheat

Hinterhaus Distilling – American Single Malt #6

Sidewinder Spirits – Rye 

(plus a preview of a new St. George Spirits Single Malt Whiskey for VIP ticket holders)

 

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

General Admission $60

Unlimited beer tasting from 1pm to 5pm (last call 4:30pm)

Commemorative glass

 

GA + (Combo/Package) $75

Everything from GA plus

• Food ticket – smash burger, pulled pork, hot link, or beyond brat
• Curated whiskey flight of four, 1/2 oz pours

VIP $90

Everything from GA+ plus

• Early access. Entry and tasting at 12pm.
• Malt house tour led by co-founder, Ron Silberstein – 11:30 am
• Curated whiskey flight including a special fifth 1/2 oz whiskey pour 

Designated Driver tickets available

Kids and Dogs are welcome to tag along!